SuitabookHorse in the Portrait
Jenny Hughes
- Reading
- If suspense feels unsettling, read together and pause to weigh the characters’ clues and possible explanations. You could also talk about which parts of the holiday activities interest your reader.
- Themes
- A haunting investigated: Guests are disturbed by the possibility of a ghost at Garland House, and Ellie and Jonah investigate the claims. The haunting works as the story’s central mystery, inviting attention to clues and competing explanations rather than establishing that a ghost is present.
- Worth knowing
- Guests are upset by the possibility that the house is haunted, and the investigation centres on whether a ghost is driving them away.